API Design · Junior · Question 57 of 75

Why might an API use a request ID header like `X-Request-Id`?

1To version the API
✓Correct answer: To correlate logs across services and let clients report a specific failing request to support
3To authenticate the client

Explanation

Return the ID in responses (especially errors) and pass it on to downstream calls.

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